A
When I was about twelve, I headed to a restaurant for dinner with my family. It was a windy winter night. As my mom and I headed towards the restaurant from our car, a girl about my age and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare dollars. My mom immediately asked where they kept their things. They pointed to an old car in the parking across the street. The girl said there were six of them living in that car, the same size as my own family.
My mom said she had something to do after handing the people a few dollars. She sent me inside the restaurant with my dad and my three siblings (兄弟姐妹). But she didn't come.
Later, I found out she had gone home and emptied our cupboards into a few bags. Then, she brought that food over to the car and handed the bags to the family. I wasn't there when that part happened, but I could imagine the joy it brought to their faces.
A few days later, when I actually found out about what she had done, I asked her why she helped those people. She told me that they were not lucky. I remember the face of that girl who had asked us for dollars; she was the same age as me, yet our lives were so different.
Here I stood, dressed in almost new clothes, headed to a restaurant and then back home to the bedroom I shared with my younger sister. I remembered thinking that the girl didn't have any food to eat and that she was heading back to a cold car shared with five other people.
After painting this picture in my mind, I understood my mom. I will never forget what she did that night. And that night I also learned one of the best lessons she taught me.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了妈妈热心帮助别人的故事。
21．We learn from the passage that the girl about the writer's age ________.
A．lived a hard life
B．had her own bedroom
C．received a good education
D．made friends with the writer
答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据第一段第三、四句中的“... a girl about my age and her mother came up to us. They asked if we had any spare dollars.”以及该段最后两句“They pointed to an old car in the parking across the street. The girl said there were six of them living in that car, the same size as my own family.”可以推断，与作者年龄差不多的这个女孩的生活很困难，缺钱并住在旧汽车里。故选A。
22．Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a．My mom gave the girl a few dollars.
b．My family was on the way to a restaurant.
c．My mom went home and brought some food.
d．We met with a girl and her mother asking for dollars.
A．b，d，a，c B．b，a，c，d
C．d，a，c，b D．d，c，b，a
答案与解析：A 细节理解题。通读文章前三段可知，故事是从作者一家人去饭店吃饭开始的，因此b是故事的开始，故事结束是妈妈回家拿了许多食物给了女孩一家，因此c是故事的结束。故选A。
23．Which of the following words can best describe the writer's mother?
A．Patient. B．Strict.
C．Proud. D．Kind.
答案与解析：D 推理判断题。根据第二、三段可知，妈妈在给了她们一些钱后，又回家拿了几大袋食物，送到了她们家，帮助了那家人。由此推断，妈妈是一个善良的人。故选D。
24．It can be inferred from the passage that the writer will ________.
A．visit the girl in the near future
B．learn from her mother
C．save as much money as possible
D．deal with the world's food problem
答案与解析：B 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后两句可知，作者从这件事中学到了很多，永远不会忘记妈妈助人为乐的事情，由此推断作者将会向妈妈学习，要善待他人，做一个有爱心的人。故选B。
